Recently whilst travelling by train to one of my pracs on elderly lady was getting off the train and tripped on the platform causing lacerations to her legs, knees and hands bilaterally. The bleeding was significant so we asked anyone on the train if they had anything to stop the bleeding. We applied hankies to the areas and the lady was assisted back on the train to get off at Claremont where she could have an ambulance called by the train security.
This situation made me truly realise how importance walking aid prescription is for us in a hospital setting for elderly patients. I only get to see the end result of the person in a hospital bed having fallen and having their wound treated, requiring me to prescribe a walking aid. Having see the before and the incident I now realise how important advocating community balance and activity classes is. With our aging population we need to come up with more prophylactic methods of treating falls and utilise the programs already in place
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